The Web of Meaning: Integrating Science and Traditional Wisdom to Find our Place in the Universe
Written by Jeremy Lent
Narrated by Adam Henderson
5/5
()
About this audiobook
"A profound personal meditation on human existence and a tour-de-force weaving together of historic and contemporary thought on the deepest question of all: why are we here?"
— Gabor Maté M.D., author, In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts
As our civilization careens toward climate breakdown, ecological destruction, and gaping inequality, people are losing their existential moorings. The dominant worldview of disconnection, which tells us we are split between mind and body, separate from each other, and at odds with the natural world, has been invalidated by modern science.
Award-winning author, Jeremy Lent, investigates humanity's age-old questions – Who am I? Why am I? How should I live? – from a fresh perspective, weaving together findings from modern systems thinking, evolutionary biology, and cognitive neuroscience with insights from Buddhism, Taoism, and Indigenous wisdom.
The result is a breathtaking accomplishment: a rich, coherent worldview based on a deep recognition of connectedness within ourselves, between each other, and with the entire natural world. It offers a compelling foundation for a new philosophical framework that could enable humanity to thrive sustainably on a flourishing Earth.
The Web of Meaning is for everyone looking for deep and coherent answers to the crisis of civilization.
Jeremy Lent
Jeremy Lent is the award-winning author of The Patterning Instinct: A Cultural History of Humanity's Search for Meaning. A former internet company CEO, he is founder of the non-profit Liology Institute dedicated to fostering an integrated, life-affirming worldview. He lives in Berkeley, California.
Related to The Web of Meaning
Related audiobooks
Minds Make Societies: How Cognition Explains the World Humans Create Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Blind Spot: Why Science Cannot Ignore Human Experience Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5From What Is to What If: Unleashing the Power of Imagination to Create the Future We Want Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Nature and the Human Soul: Cultivating Wholeness and Community in a Fragmented World Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Transformer: The Deep Chemistry of Life and Death Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Origins of Creativity Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Age of Resilience: Reimagining Existence on a Rewilding Earth Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Biocivilisations: A New Look at the Science of Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Superminds: The Surprising Power of People and Computers Thinking Together Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Everyday Utopia: What 2,000 Years of Wild Experiments Can Teach Us About the Good Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Psychology of Consciousness 4th edition Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Becoming Human: A Theory of Ontogeny Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Local is Our Future Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsHealing Collective Trauma: A Process for Integrating Our Intergenerational and Cultural Wounds Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5NOTES ON COMPLEXITY Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Psychedelics and Psychotherapy: The Healing Potential of Expanded States Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Spellbound: Modern Science, Ancient Magic, and the Hidden Potential of the Unconscious Mind Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Between Us: How Cultures Create Emotions Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Patterns of Connection: Essential Essays from Five Decades Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Reality+: Virtual Worlds and the Problems of Philosophy Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Seven and a Half Lessons About the Brain Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5IntraConnected: MWe (Me + We) as the Integration of Self, Identity, and Belonging Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Grounded: A Journey into the Landscapes of Our Ancestors Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsBreaking the Chains of Transgenerational Trauma: My Journey from Surviving to Thriving Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Embodied Mind: Understanding the Mysteries of Cellular Memory, Consciousness, and Our Bodies Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Power of Story: On Truth, the Trickster, and New Fictions for a New Era Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Origins of You: How Childhood Shapes Later Life Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Better Angels of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sensation: The New Science of Physical Intelligence Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5
Anthropology For You
Neuroplasticity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Play: How it Shapes the Brain, Opens the Imagination, and Invigorates the Soul Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5A Brief History of Everyone Who Ever Lived: The Human Story Retold Through Our Genes Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Magic: A History: From Alchemy to Witchcraft, from the Ice Age to the Present Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Art of Making Memories: How to Create and Remember Happy Moments Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Power of Myth Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Status Game: On Human Life and How to Play It Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Generations: The History of America's Future, 1584 to 2069 Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5A Billion Wicked Thoughts: What the World's Largest Experiment Reveals About Human Desire Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Precipice: Existential Risk and the Future of Humanity Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Civilized To Death: The Price of Progress Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Art of Community: Seven Principles for Belonging Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Seven Daughters of Eve: The Science That Reveals Our Genetic Ancestry Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Mushroom at the End of the World: On the Possibility of Life in Capitalist Ruins Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Don't Sleep, There Are Snakes: Life and Language in the Amazonian Jungle Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Alphabet Versus the Goddess: The Conflict Between Word and Image Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Why We Love: The New Science Behind Our Closest Relationships Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5They Thought They Were Free: The Germans, 1933-45 Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5Who Is Wellness For?: An Examination of Wellness Culture and Who It Leaves Behind Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Sea People: The Puzzle of Polynesia Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Intelligence in Nature: An Inquiry into Knowledge Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Age of Wood: Our Most Useful Material and the Construction of Civilization Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Girls & Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Rethinking Narcissism: The Bad-and Surprising Good-About Feeling Special Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5
Related categories
Reviews for The Web of Meaning
12 ratings0 reviews